Secondary
Townsend Church of England School
High Oaks, St Albans, AL3 6DR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 746 of 853 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Albans
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 72.2
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 779
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
40%
20 points below the St Albans average (60% across 8 schools)
46.7
8.8 below the St Albans average (55.5 across 8 schools)
7th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in St Albans we can score - 10 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.92 |
| Entered the EBacc | 17% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.98 |
| A level students | 28 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.5 |
| 22/23 | 25.2 |
| 23/24 | 33.6 |
| 24/25 | 28.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.17 |
| 22/23 | -0.10 |
| 23/24 | +0.14 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.5 |
| 22/23 | 49.0 |
| 23/24 | 48.2 |
| 24/25 | 46.7 |
High Oaks, St Albans, AL3 6DR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Anthony Flack
- Address
- High Oaks, St Albans, AL3 6DR
- Telephone
- 01727853047